The billion cell construct: will three-dimensional printing get us there?

How structure relates to function--across spatial scales, from the single molecule to the whole organism--is a central theme in biology. Bioengineers, however, wrestle with the converse question: will function follow form? That is, we struggle to approximate the architecture of living tissues experi...

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Main Author: Jordan S Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-06-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4061004?pdf=render